There have been two important developments in the FTC’s administrative case against LabMD over data security. Today, FTC Administrative Law Judge Chappell issued an order that agreed with LabMD that as a non-party, Tiversa had no right to submit any filing without first seeking – and obtaining – leave to intervene. Tiversa had neither sought nor…
Data Breach QuickView Released – First Nine Months Of 2014
RiskBased Security reports: We have been so busy here at Risk Based Security recently that we neglected to release our latest Data Breach QuickView report to the public last month! The report already shows that 2014 is the highest year ever for exposed records. The 1,922 incidents reported during the first nine months of 2014 exposed over…
USPS hackers may have accessed employees’ pay records, too
Aliya Sternstein reports: Compensation files for U.S. Postal Service workers might also have been breached during a recent hack that exposed the Social Security numbers and other personal data on about 800,000 USPS employees, a postal inspector said Wednesday. […] “We’re still conducting forensic analysis of the impacted servers,” said Randy Miskanic, incident commander on the…
Again? Irish Water sends customer’s private details to the wrong person
TheJournal.ie reports: A Dublin-based businessman has accused Irish Water staff of a catalogue of “shocking” errors which led up to his personal information being emailed to the wrong person. Read more on TheJournal.ie
Dutch police investigate security breach after confidential files are found via Google
DutchNews.nl reports: Dozens of confidential police files have ended up in the public domain following an internet security leak, the NRC says on Wednesday. The files concern murders, armed robberies, gangs and suspect jihadis. The information was easy to find using internet search engine Google, the paper says. Police have confirmed the leak and taken…
House, Senate Democrats seek details from financial firms on data breaches
Mark Hosenball reports: Leading Democrats in both houses of Congress sent letters on Tuesday to 16 major banks and other financial firms requesting detailed information about recent data breaches and briefings from corporate data security officials. Among the companies targeted in letters sent by Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Representative…